The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Oakland University for the period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026. The project, titled "ERI: Simulation and Modeling of Polydisperse Gas-Solid Flows," aims to advance the understanding and predictive modeling of multiphase gas-solid flows, which have important applications in industrial processes and natural systems. Specifically, the research will: (1) quantify the effects of particle size variations on the large-scale behavior of gas-solid systems; (2) develop a novel, data-driven approach for formulating predictive models of these types of flows; and (3) create a K-12 educational outreach demonstration on leveraging high-performance computing to understand and predict multiphase flows. This project addresses critical challenges in accurately predicting the dynamics of gas-solid flows, which is important for applications such as volcanic ash propagation and biofuel production in fluidized bed reactors.
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